From The Australian, 2/26/05:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,12376875,00.html
Evangelicals to target abortion clinics
From correspondents in London
A MILITANT evangelical Christian group plans to target pregnant women
and medical staff at abortion clinics in Britain, taking their cue
from US anti-abortion groups, a newspaper reported Saturday.
A member of parliament will make a written statement to the House of
Commons next week calling on Home Secretary Charles Clarke to
investigate the activities of Christian Voice, The Times newspaper
reported.
Adopting the tactics of fundamentalist Christians in the United
States, Christian Voice pickets buildings and displays the home
addresses and phone numbers of its targets on the internet, it said.
The group, led by Stephen Green, gained notoriety when it circulated
the home addresses and telephone numbers of senior BBC figures when
the musical, Jerry Springer The Opera', was screened on BBC Two last
month.
Some people on the list received calls threatening them with
bloodshed.
The musical features a nappy-wearing Jesus who admits he is "a bit
gay".
Green, 53, told The Times that his next target is abortion clinics.
"The taking of innocent blood brings judgment on our land and cries to
Heaven for vengeance," he was quoted as saying.
"The presence of abortion centres in our towns is iniquitous. They
should be shut down. It would not take much: just a few prayer vigils
outside clinics," he said.
John Cryer, the Labour MP for Hornchurch, is composing a written
statement to the House calling for Clarke to investigate Christian
Voice.
Abortion clinics said that they feared a rise in US-style
anti-abortion tactics and are being especially vigilant, The Times
reported
In the United States, clinics have been firebombed and since 1991
three doctors and four members of clinic staff have been murdered, the
newspaper said.
Neal Horsley, the American anti-abortionist, who posted photographs of
murdered abortion doctors on the web with a red line through their
faces, told The Times that he has links with groups in Britain, but
refused to name them.
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"If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament."
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